Wire reel and stretcher.



PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

J. G. DAINS.

WIRE REEL AND STRETGHER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1904.

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Be it known that l, .louN CALVIN lbuus, a citizen of the United States, residing at (llaryville, in thecounty of .lferry and titate ol ldissouri, have invented a new and usel'ul Wire Keel and Stretcher, of which the Following is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction of wire reel and stretcher, the object being to provide a simpleand efiicientdevice by means of which the wire can be unreeled and laid out along a line of fence and then stretched tight bel ore being connected to the fence-post; and with this object in view the invention consists in the novel Features of construction and combination, all 01 which will be fully described lmreiiialter and pointed out in the claims.

in the (.hawings l orminga part ol this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a wire stretcher and reel C(,)I]Sl7l'll(jt(b(l in accordance with my invei'ition. .ll ig. 2 is a sectional plan view, and Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing the manner of l'asteiiing the reel in the upright.

lln carrying out my invention l employ an ordinary reel A, the axleol which is l'noui'ited in notches B of the parallel uprights H, the axle of the reel being held in the notches P, by means of plates B. Passing through the lower ends ol the uprights I) is the axle having the grouml-wheels Darranged thereon, the hubs of said wheels being provided with pawl-aml-ratchet mechanism, so that the device can be rolled along in one direction without rotating the axle (Q3. The axle (1 also passes through the horizontal beams it, which are connected to the lower ends of the uprights b, and said beams converge toward their outer ends and are rigidly connected to a spacing-block l arrai'iged between their Forward ends. A.sprocket-wheel l is1nounted upon the axle U and around which passes a sprocket-chain (11 said chain passing also arol'inda sprocket-wheel H, mounted upon a shaft ill-ll, journaled in the beams l1] adjacent their outer ends, said shaft lrl being novided with a crzmk-handle H and by turning this crank-hamlle the sprockets will be operated and the axle turned. .l-ly means of this construction alter the machine has been moved along for the purpose cl unreeling the wire all slack can betaken up by checking the reel and turniilg the crank-hmulle so as to give the machine a more powerlul movement than could be exerted by one man pulling the ma chine.

ln order to thoroughly tigl'iten or stretch the wires, l employ a stretchingdevice ateach side oi the machine. The upper ends ol the upright are conncwted by means ol a rod K, which extends beyond said uprights at each end, and connecti-xl to the ends oi this red are the dependingstai'ulards l], slotted vertically, as shown at L. A. block M is adjustahly connected to each depeiiding standard, so that the said block can be raised or hiwered, as desired. A bar N is pivoted to the block M, and levers U a ialso pivoted to each block above and below the bar, the ends of said levers engaging notches ll, produced in the bar Ettljttfitllli one end, a chain l beingconnected to said bar at that end, and a wire-gripping device N" is attached to the bar at the opposite end. The end ol the axle also extends beyol'id the wheel and enters the lower portion ol the slot ll.

\Vhen it desired to stretch the wire, the chain l is lastei'ied to one of the fence-posts and the wire to be stretched is engaged by one of the grippers N the block M having been adjusted to the proper height. By means ol the levers (l the bar N may be swung upon its pivot-point and the wire engaged by the grippers N brought into the proper position. Should the end of the bar N be swung upwardly for this purpose, referring to the end carrying the grippers N, the block M, would be lowered so that the pi\ ()tpoint would be slightly below the normal plane of the wire. 'lo swing the wire into its normal plane, by movement of the bar Non its 1 )i\n)t-poi11t, the wire would be drawn 'lorward, and thus stretched, the amount of stretching depending on the distaiice of the pivotal point below the plane to be occupied by the wire.

To stretch a top wire, the lower lever (l) is disengaged from the notch N, cut in the under side of the bar N, and the upper lever (l is grasped by its handle portion, which portion is drawn upwardly or forwardly, the lower or inner end portion of the said upper lever ren'iaining in cngagen'ient with the notch N, cut in the upper edge of the bar N, and as the bar N is swnng on its pivotal point by downward pressure of the inner end of the upper lever O in engagement with its notch i the end of the bar N carrying the wire-gripping device N will swing upward and forward, the bar N tending to place itself parallel with the block M, and this upward-and-forward movement of the end of the bar N having the grippers will stretch the top wire. To stretch a bottom wire, the operation is re versed, the inner end of the upper lever 0 being disengaged from its notch N and the handle portion of the lower lever O is grasped and forced downward, the inner end of the lower lever 0 remaining in engagement with its notch N and moving upward as the free handle end moves down ward. This forces the wire gripcarrying end of the bar N downward and forward and stretches the lower wire. To stretch a middle wire, the block M is adjusted vertically either upward or downward, so to throw the bar N when in a horizontal position above or below the plane of the wire to be stretched, and the wire is then stretched in the same manner as atop or bottom wire, as the case may be.

it will be obvious that when both levers O are in engagement with their respective notches the bar is in a horizontal position, and when one lever is to be operated it is only necessary to first disengage the one not grasped or to be used in stretching the wire, as the other one will disengage itself as the bar N swings upon its pivotal point.

Having thus fully described my invention, what i claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the hind described comprising a frame, a vertically-adjustable block carried by the frame, a pivoted bar carried by the block, a chain attached to one end of the bar, grippers secured upon the bar adjacent the opposite end, and means for swinging the bar upon its pivot-point. .i

2. A device of the kind described comprising a frame, mounted upon wheels, and carrying a wire-reel together with means for pro polling said frame, the slotted depending standard at each side ot' the frame, the adjustable blocks, the bars pivotally connected to the block, and having wire-gripping devices, at one end and a chain at the other end, and the lovers pivoted to the blocks and adapted to engage the bars as set forth.

3. The combination with the uprights, axle and horizontal beams, of the sprocket-wheel, chain, and crank-shaft, the rod attached to the upper ends of the uprights, the slotted depending standards connected to the ends of said rods, the adjustable blocks, the levers pivoted thereto, the bar pivoted to the block between the levers, and carrying a wire-gripping device at one end, and a chain at the opposite end, as set forth.

JOHN CALVIN DAINS.

\Vitnesses:

J. M. ALLEN, T. F. YOUNG. 

